Application of gene chip technology for acupuncture research over the past 15 years.
- Author:
Wenrui JIA
1
;
Yue ZHANG
1
;
Qiying GUO
1
;
Qisheng SUN
1
;
Qiulei GUO
1
;
Zhi JI
1
;
Fangyuan YANG
1
;
He ZHAN
1
;
He WANG
1
;
Minghe SUI
1
;
Zhongwei HOU
1
;
Chaoyang WANG
1
;
Qingguo LIU
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: gene chip; mechanism; research of acupuncture and moxibustion
- From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2017;37(12):1358-1362
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: To explore the application of gene chip technology in the acupuncture research so as to provide evidences for the mechanism of acupuncture for regulating bodies. The literature on the application of gene chip technology in the acupuncture field from 2001 to 2016 was collected in PubMed, Springer, CNKI and WANFANG databases, which was analyzed and summarized. There were some achievements of the technology for acupuncture research, focusing on the five aspects, including the study of the relationship between meridian-point and viscera, the influencing factors of acupuncture effect, the effect and mechanism of acupuncture analgesia, the mechanism of acupuncture anti-aging, the effect and mechanism of acupuncture for diseases of each system. Gene chip technology plays an important role in researching acupuncture mechanism. It is an important technology for genomics study of acupuncture. However, there are also some disadvantages such as high cost, deficient data mining, non-uniform observation objects, deficient professionals, etc. All those need further resolution so as to promote the application of this technology in the acupuncture researching field.
